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Humanities at the Airport
Christopher Schaberg explores what, if anything, academe can do about the distinct knots of negativity that airports have become known for.
Opinion
Evergreen State College, Memorial Day
As Memorial Day nears, Wick Sloane celebrates Evergreen State College’s success in enrolling and graduating veterans.
Much at Stake
Recent government policies threaten to stall any improvement in the educational and career outcomes of Latino students and perhaps even push our country backward, argues Amilcar Guzman.
Breaking Through the Stigma of Online Education
Christopher Haynes says it's time to stop asking if online learning is effective.
Digital Folklore?
Scott McLemee has found most recently published books on digital discourse -- memes, tweeting and other modes of contemporary communication -- hard to keep reading. The exception is Whitney Phillips and Ryan M. Milner’s The Ambivalent Internet.
Bad Idea About Writing: Plagiarism Deserves to Be Punished
While most believe the contrary, some people understand that plagiarism is not necessarily deceitful or deserving censure, writes Jennifer A. Mott-Smith.
False Alarms
Bill Mahon describes a decade of inaccurate emergency communications on campuses and provides advice on how to avoid these situations going forward.
The Right to Hear Controversial Ideas
An essential task of the university is to provide a space where diverse points of view can be debated, argue five Distinguished Professors at the City University of New York, who support Linda Sarsour's right to deliver next week's commencement address.